Title :
Activating eco-city in China: The system engineering for cities´ green transition
Author :
Wang, Xin Jun ; Hsu, Po-Han ; Zhou, Rui ; Su, Hai-long
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Urban Planning & Dev., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
The development of eco-city in China turns to a phenomenon recently, and some sample projects have been scheduled in the nationwide. Nevertheless, the planning of eco-city focuses on static construction with green technologies; in this study, the planning and operation of eco-city will be regarded as a complex system engineering that requires collaboration of systems from various categories and considerations for the sustainable development of eco-city. The framework suggests a core of circular economy that activates and maintains the development of eco-city; four key categories in the process of system engineering will interlink to each other and interact with economy activities in the framework. Several pilot international standards of eco-city, including LEED-ND, CASBEE-UD, and EEWH-EC are applied to monitor and evaluate the performance of entire eco-city system. Through the system engineering process, challenges and goals of eco-city will be analyzed and clarified at early stage, and a supposed framework of system design will be applied for planning and operating with monitoring mechanism. This work will enhance viewpoints of urban designing towards a more dynamic, systematic insight of eco-city development.
Keywords :
environmental factors; sustainable development; systems engineering; town and country planning; CASBEE-UD; China; EEWH-EC; LEED-ND; circular economy; complex system engineering; eco-city development; eco-city planning; green technologies; green transition; sustainable development; system engineering; Carbon dioxide; Cities and towns; Economics; Monitoring; Recycling; Systems engineering and theory; Transportation; behavior change; circular economy; eco-city; low-carbon; public participation; public transportation; system engineering; urbanization;
Conference_Titel :
China Planning Conference (IACP), 2011 5th International Association for
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1395-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1396-5
DOI :
10.1109/IACP.2011.5982035